La redazione sinaitica della Vita di Andronico e sua moglie Atanasia, monaci in Egitto (Nov. Auct. BHG 123eb)

The Life of saints Andronikos and Athanasia is one of the many tales associated with the narrative cicle concerning Abba Daniel of Sketis, who was active in sixth-century Egypt. The tale enjoyed great popularity in the Near East, as proven by the fact that it is preserved in several Greek redactions as well as in translations into various languages, such as Ethiopic, Syriac, Arabic and Armenian. The present article provides the first critical edition and translation of the Greek redaction transmitted in ms. Mount Sinai, Saint Catherine Monastery, Gr. 527, ff. 222v-238v (Nov. Auct. BHG 123eb). This is an elaborated version of the Life, with a longer prologue and epilogue. It tells of the ascetic achievements of Andronikos, formerly a rich banker in Antioch, and his wife, who became monks in Egypt after the sudden death of their two children. This text was the source used by the author of the short bios of Andronikos and Athanasia which can be read in the redactio Mosquensis of the eleventh-century "Imperial Menologion" of emperor Michael IV the Paphlagonian (BHG 123e), edited by Latyšev (whose text is appended to my edition, in order to allow comparison between the two).